At eight o'clock that night, it was completely dark.
Suddenly several red flares rose into the sky, followed by loud gunfire, followed by mortar shells hitting hard towards the east.
"They are coming, organize a defense!" Major Muller ordered loudly, directing his men to drive up the tanks one by one, and at the same time fired rows of flares forward to illuminate the surrounding area in white.
Although tanks basically have no night fighting capabilities, if flares are used continuously and for defense... tanks and bunkers are connected together to form a steel defense line. Major Muller believes that no one can survive.
"Come on, you idiots!" Major Muller gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give you a good look!"
Perhaps Kleist gave Major Muller a chance for revenge. He asked Major Muller to be responsible for cutting off the Soviet 333rd Regiment's connection with the main force and organizing defense.
This is exactly what Muller wants, especially the latter. Organizing the defense on the east is actually to tightly surround the Soviet army in a circle. Major Muller can't wait to see these Russians rushing up and falling in groups.
The scene under the gunpoint of the German army... Major Muller vowed to wash away his shame with the blood of the enemy.
But what surprised Major Muller was that although the enemy's guns were fierce, not many people charged, and smoke grenades were fired one after another to interfere with the line of sight.
"They must be too scared to attack!" Muller looked at the tanks and bunkers next to him and smiled proudly.
This is not surprising, even if you see this battle, you will inevitably flinch.
However, ten minutes later, in the darkness on the other side, a group of "German troops" was advancing southward under the cover of tanks.
Guarding here was Captain Erich. He hurried from the headquarters to the front line the moment the gunfire sounded... To be precise, it was an encirclement. They were actually already on the second line.
"Open your eyes!" Captain Erich ordered loudly: "Don't let any Russians escape!"
"Yes, Captain!" the German soldiers replied.
"I don't think they will attack here!" The adjutant raised his head to the east: "The fighting is fierce over there!"
"I know, Duden!" Captain Erich replied: "But we can't let down our guard, these Russians are different!"
"Yes!" the adjutant agreed: "I heard that they escaped all the way from the Brest Fortress! It's hard to imagine that Brest..."
"General Fricks is looking for them everywhere!" Captain Erich and his adjutant couldn't help laughing as they said this.
Major General Fricks is the commander of the 45th Division. He is responsible for commanding the attack on the Brest Fortress. The successful breakthrough of this Russian army has become a joke for the German army after the tense battle.
At this moment, the "rumbling" sound of motors and the sound of tanks' tracks were faintly heard among the sounds of gunfire.
"What's going on?" Captain Erich said.
It is normal for Captain Erich to feel strange, because the Soviet troops surrounded inside are infantry in the fortification area. They have no tanks, but now they hear the sound of tanks...
Several flares were fired into the air, and two tanks appeared in Captain Erich's sight. To be precise, they were a Panzer III tank and a Panzer III assault gun, followed by a group of German soldiers holding submachine guns and rifles.
"These bastards!" Captain Erich cursed: "Don't they know it's dangerous to do this?"
"Maybe they are troops rushing to the east for reinforcements!" the adjutant said: "These reckless guys just walked into our encirclement!"
"Hey!" Captain Erich called to the opposite side: "Which section are you from?"
There was no reply from the other side, probably because the sound of tank motors and gunfire prevented them from hearing Captain Erich's call.
"Horn, bring my trumpet!" Captain Erich ordered.
Then he raised his trumpet and shouted again.
A man stood out from the darkness. He answered in standard but somewhat shaky German: "We are from the 3rd Armored Battalion and have been ordered to provide reinforcements..."
This time it was Captain Erich's turn to be unable to hear clearly.
"Come here, you have walked into our encirclement!" Captain Erich mocked: "Don't you know that you are facing the Russians? They don't like this!"
All the nearby German officers and soldiers burst into laughter.
There was no answer from the other side, and they continued to advance step by step with the tank.
After a while, Captain Erich felt that something was wrong, because he found that this group of "German soldiers" looked disheveled...the uniforms they wore were either too big or too small, and each one was in tatters and stained with blood.
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It doesn't seem surprising that there are blood stains. After all, this is a battlefield, and people will be injured on the battlefield.
The problem is that they are wearing blood-stained military uniforms but they don't appear to be injured at all.
"Hey, stop!" Thinking of this, Captain Erich shouted to the other side.
But it was too late to wake up at this time. With a shout, the "German soldiers" rushed over the tank.
Captain Erich was right. These "German soldiers" were actually Soviet soldiers in disguise, and Shulka was even one of them.
Shurka was actually unwilling to accept this task, because the one at the front was always the most dangerous.
The problem is that both Major Gavrilov and Political Commissar Fomin believe in Shulka's adaptability.
"You know English, Comrade Shulka!" Political Commissar Fuming said, "Only you can communicate with the prisoners!"
"What's more important is that you have wisdom that others don't have." Political Commissar Fu Ming said: "You know how to deal with emergencies, which is something that others don't have!"
Shulka knew that Major Gavrilov was putting a high hat on himself, but what Commissar Fomin said was true. They had to lead a few German prisoners in order to avoid exposing their mistakes.
So, Shulka and his men, or more specifically Shulka's battalion... more than a hundred people all put on military uniforms stripped from German corpses.
Of course, these uniforms don't fit very well, and there are holes and bloodstains everywhere.
"Oh, I don't like this!" The veteran wiped the blood on his clothes and complained: "Can't we fight them openly and openly?"
"Of course!" Shulka said: "And we have a good chance of winning!"
"Then why is this?" the veteran asked.
"The problem is that we don't have time!" Shurka explained: "We have to fight quickly. Once they get entangled or take more time, and wait for the Germans in other directions to react and get here, all of us will
die!"
"I understand!" The veteran nodded: "You are right, comrade squad leader!"